Keywords: USS Midway (CVB-41) in Arctic waters in 1946.jpg The U S Navy aircraft carrier USS Midway CVB-41 and two destroyers in Arctic waters during Operation Frostbite On 1 March 1946 Task Group 21 11 consisting of Midway the destroyers USS Stormes DD-780 USS Vogelgesang DD-862 and USS Charles R Ware DD-865 and a fleet oiler left Norfolk Virginia to conduct cold weather tests in Davis Strait between Greenland and Baffin Island Between 7 and 22 March TG 21 11 conducted flight operations with operational aircraft and new types Grumman F8F-1 Bearcat Ryan FR-1 Fireball Sikorsky HNS-1 U S Navy photo http //www navsource org/archives/02/cv-41/d32 jpg from http //www navsource org/archives/02/cv-41/41d htm Navsource org 1946-03 USN Collection of Captain H S Duckworth CO USS Midway CVB-41 January to July 1946 PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Midway CV-41 |